Curtain-stay.



N0. 63l,908. Patented Aug. '29, I899.

' E. E. SMITH.

CURTAIN STAY.

(Application filed Apr. 12, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

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EDlVIN G. SMITH, OF MAUI-HAS, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,908, dated August 29, 1899.

Application filed April 12, 1899. Serial No 712,821. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, EDWIN G. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Machias, in the county of Oattaraugus and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Stay for Holding Erect the Upper Portions of Carriage Side Curtains; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to curtain-stays for carriage-curtains and it consists in a curtainstay formed of a single piece of wire comprising aring, a stem formed by twisting two parallel portions of the wire together and forming thereon integral oppositely projecting arms, and providing said oppositely-projecting arms with inwardly-turned hooks at their ends, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a curtain-stay embodying improvements of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of a carriage-curtain, showing the manner of applying the curtain-stays to support the carriage-curtain.

its integral lower or upper portion, as the case may be, being made in the form of a loop 2. An integral stem 3 .is formed by twisting together two parallel portions of said Wire, the ends of the wire being bent in opposite directions in the same plane, forming integral branches or arms 4 4, which are further bent to form inwardly-turned hooks 5 5, the whole resulting in the curtain-stays 6, 7, and 8 for supporting the carriage-curtain 9.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, a curtain-stay formed of a single piece of wire, and comprising the ring 2, the stem 1 formed by twisting the portions 3, the integral oppositely-projecting arms 4 4 and the inwardlyturned hooks 5 5 at their ends, substantially as set forth.

EDlVIN G. SMITH.

lVitnesses:

MELL FARRAR, G. MERLE WILSON. 

